Furnace-charging box.



PATENTED APR. 25, 1905.

H. WRIGHT. FURNACE CHARGING BOX. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1903.

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ATENT FFIcE.

HARRY \VRIGHT, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUCKEYE M ALL EABLE OHI O.

FURNACE-CHARGING BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,010, dated April25, 1905.

Application filed September 23, 1903. Serial No. 174,357.

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Be it known that], I'IARRYIY'RIGHT, a resident of Columbus, in thecounty of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Furnace-Charging Boxes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved furnace-charging box, the object ofthe invention being to provide a charging-box comprising one integralcasting which is a stronger, cheaper, and more durable box than theboxes heretofore made; and with this object in view the inventionconsists in certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view illustratingmy improvements. Iiig. 2- is a broken side view. Fig. 3is an end view,and t is a view in cross-section.

My improved box 1 comprises one integral casting forming a rectangularbox, having sloping side and end walls 2 and 3 and flanged all aroundits upper edge, as shown at el. The bottom 5 and forward end 3 areperforated, as shown at 6. On the opposite end of the box a pocket '7 iscast integral and is adapted to receive the head of the charging-arm ofthe ordinary furnacecharging apparatus, and a socket S is formed in theend wall 9 to receive the plunger of said charging-arm. This end of thebox is strengthened by integral webs 10 and 11, and enlargements 12 areformed at the upper edges of the pocket-wall to further strengthen thedevice.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from myinvention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent. is

l. A cast-metal 'fumace-charging box having cast integral with one endthereof, a rearwardly-projected pocketed enlargement, and websconnecting said enlargement with the end of the box.

2. A cast-metal furnace-charging box having cast integral with the rearend thereof, a rearwardly-projecting pocketed enlargement, and websconnecting the rear end of the box with the bottom thereof.

3. A cast-metal furnace-clmrging box having an integral socketed partprojecting inwardly through the rear end of the box, and arearwardly-projecting enlargement castintegral with the rear end of thebox and having a pocket communicating with said socketed portion.

at. A cast-metal furnace-charging box having flaring side and front endwalls, and having an integral pocketed enlargement cast on its rear endwall and projecting outwardly therefrom and means for bracing saidenlargement.

5. A, charging-box made in a single piece and having sloping side wallsand a sloping forward end wall, and a pocketed portion at one end ofsaid box and made integral therewith.

6. An end for a furnace-charging box consisting of a casting providedwith a socket for receiving the end of the charging-bar, and havingstrengthening-ribs extending from the upper ends of the side portions ofsaid socket out to and around the corners.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY \VRIGHT.

IVitnesses:

SAMUEL P. BUsn, Anxo EBERLEIN.

